The furthering adventures of young Jacob and the island of misfit mutants. Not to be too spoilery, in the second book the peculiar children set off to find a ymbrne to help Miss Peregrine. On the way, they encounter more danger and a scary new threat that could destroy them all. The major draw of this series for me is the pictures, all old black and white pictures. There are plenty of new ones in Hollow City, so I was satisfied (Even though a lot […]
An Angel walks into a Bar…and cracks wise…
So…an angel walks into a bar and cracks wise. The Angel Bayliss – who has an obsession with Raymond Chandler noir fiction – witnesses the murder of the Archangel Gabriel. Now that there is a job opening, he is given the task to find a nice docile replacement angel. Instead, he winds up with Molly – or as he likes to refer to her, “Flametop”. Molly turns out to be anything but and wastes no time getting into trouble. In addition to being newly […]
Shambling to New Orleans
“Shambling into New Orleans with Zoe Norris”. The second in a series – the first was the “Shambling Guide to New York” where our heroine Zoe discovered the secret world of the “Coterie”. This hidden world is made up of zombies, vampires, sprites, incubi, gods, goddesses, etc. who live among us “normals” without our noticing… much. In the first book, Zoe finds herself working for a publishing house run by Phil the vampire. Being the only human employee has its challenges, but after […]
Trilogy Tour #6: Acacia #1
Acacia, a prosperous empire ruled from the eponymous island and built atop a horrific foundation, is thrown into chaos, as the Mein, a warrior race long-exiled to a snowy Northern plateau, descend to wreak vengeance on behalf of their cursed ancestors. Leodan Akaran, king of Acacia and a man of lofty ideals but lacking the will to achieve them, is struck down by a Meinish assassin and his four children, Alliver, Corinn, Mena, and Dariel, are spirited away from the island and scattered across the […]
OH THE AGONY.
This is going to be one of those reviews that will be useless to you, because I will basically be giving you no information because SPOILERS (but also because trying to sum up my reaction to this book would explode my brain). So here’s my “review” of Dreams of Gods & Monsters, the third and final book in Laini Taylor’s Daughter of Smoke & Bone series: It was unexpected, but satisfying. It was romantic, yet slightly cynical, but also fuck you, cynical, here’s some hopeful. It […]
A very funny book with an unnecessary jab at Creedence Clearwater Revival
Goodreads has this PSA for you: “WARNING: You may have a huge, invisible spider living in your skull. THIS IS NOT A METAPHOR. You will dismiss this as ridiculous fearmongering. Dismissing things as ridiculous fearmongering is, in fact, the first symptom of parasitic spider infection-the creature secretes a chemical into the brain to stimulate skepticism, in order to prevent you from seeking a cure. That’s just as well, since the “cure” involves learning what a chain saw tastes like. You can’t feel the spider, because […]